Two hundred and twenty-one poor people
Fu Fu sighed, jumped down into the ditch, waved the shovel and started working vigorously. [Full text reading] Fu Buer spit out the cigarette butt that was so thick that it almost burned his lips, and followed it into the ditch. He thought about today's words for half a night last night: Fu Fu wants to marry Yijin, of course it is good, but for this reason, returning from the army is just to add labor to the family. Instead, he has to eat and use himself - besides, he is his son, sooner or later I want to give one gold to divide the family. It's better to let him make a name for himself in the army, then he won't have to spend any money, and having a daughter-in-law who is an army officer will make him more prosperous in the countryside.
If Fu Fu didn't become an officer, he wouldn't have to fulfill his promise. If Fu Fu died in the war - and according to Wan Chang's words, there have been several big and bad battles to be fought recently - not even a single gold would make him a widow. In this small and remote southern county, there is no concept of keeping a moral code, but the values of an older girl and a remarried widow are different.
Fu Fu didn't know his "father-in-law's" wishful thinking. He felt that his request had come true, and he felt a hundred times more energetic and worked harder. During the conversation, Fu Fuji also revealed a lot of annoying things. The biggest annoying thing was that the village chief was a bit half-baked. The east and west villages of Meiyang Village do not deal with each other, and his words have almost no effect in the West Village. The villagers of the West Village only follow the matters passed down from their elders. It's not like in the East Village where everyone responds to everything.
"Finally, the militia captain is a sensible person. Otherwise, if he really confronts us, this village will never live in peace."
The captain of the militia team in Meiyang Village is a migrant from the West Village. He is a veteran. He was hit by an arrow in the Battle of Chengmai and injured his bones and muscles. Although he can walk without any problems, he can no longer walk or run long distances with heavy loads, so he settled down in accordance with the policy of being discharged due to injury. I came to Meiyang Village and became a militia captain. His home is in the West Village. Because he is also a member of the village cadres, he has more contact with Fu Buer.
Fu Fu said: "I think you should talk to the elders about this matter when you go to the county meeting and see what they have to say - the elders have a lot of ideas, and maybe they can solve it for you. Hold it in now, what if something happens in the future?"
Fu Buer said: "That's true. We must talk about this outsider when we have the meeting tomorrow..."
Just as he was talking, Fu Eryin rushed over anxiously: "Quick! Jiang Wu is running away!" After saying this, he turned around and ran away.
When Fu Buer heard this, he immediately dropped his hoe and climbed up the ditch bank in three clicks. He took the clothes hanging on the branch, turned around and said, "I have something to go and see!"
Fu Fu saw that the master of the family was in such a hurry that he didn't even put on the straw sandals he took off by the ditch, and he didn't know what the emergency was. He now regarded himself as the "prospective daughter-in-law" and was very concerned about the Fu family's affairs. He quickly climbed up and put on his straw sandals. Followed all the way.
When we arrived at the entrance of the village, a crowd of people had already gathered. Many people had obviously come from the fields to watch the excitement, and some of them were holding farm tools in their hands. The circle of people was noisy, and Madam Fu Buer's yelling and cursing could be heard above everyone else's voices.
Fu Fu curiously squeezed through the crowd and saw Jiang Wu in the middle of the crowd. Fu Fu knew Jiang Wu. His family had no land. The couple shared several acres of Fu Buer's garden land, and they also worked as part-time workers on weekdays. It is one of the poorest households in the village.
A package was dropped on the ground and had fallen apart, revealing a few rags, a few pieces of dried sweet potatoes and two pairs of straw sandals. There is a package next to it. A shabby straw hat he wore while working was trampled to pieces on the ground.
A small woman was kneeling on the ground, crying and begging for mercy. She had the same rags and disheveled hair.
Fu Bu'er has already captured Jiang Wu. Jiang Wu is a small man and often hungry. How can he be the opponent of Fu Bu'er, who is full every day and does hard work. Mrs. Fu's hair was loose and her sleeves were torn. Apparently he had already had a fight with Jiang Wu and his wife before Fu Fuji arrived.
Fu Buer grabbed Jiang Wu's chest and punched Jiang Wu several times, causing his neck to shrink downwards and he simply squatted on the ground, looking like a dead pig not afraid of being scalded by boiling water.
"Jiang Wu! You kid is so ungrateful!" Fu Buer gasped and scolded, "You and your wife are two big living people, with plenty of hands and feet. You can raise two chickens with the help of heaven and earth. I couldn’t even pay forty eggs! In the end, I had to lose my sperm! This time, the Heaven and Earth Society would not agree to the sheep raising loan, so I gave you a guarantee before I loaned it to you! Okay, in a few days we talked about sheep again Lost it - you want to walk away, how can you ask me to explain to the Heaven and Earth Society?!"
Of course, there is self-interest in this. He was the guarantor of Yang Sheep's loan. If Jiang Wu ran away, Fu Bu'er would have to compensate the principal and interest in full. Secondly, Jiang Wu Dian cultivated several acres of Fu Bu'er's garden. Fu Bu'er originally thought that he was the guarantor of the loan. Blackmail forced Jiang Wu to accept the harsh sharing conditions. Now that such a good cheap labor force has gone away, there will be no such big benefit if it is rented out again.
Jiang Wu lay wilted on the ground and did not dare to speak. Some of the people around me were trying to persuade him, while some were laughing at him. It is very strange that Jiang Wu's second consecutive loan from Tiandihui ended up with such a result. Especially for egg loans, almost no one has ever made a loss. Handing back 20 eggs means repaying the capital, selling all the chicken eggs, and providing low-cost feed that can increase the number of eggs laid, and buying them back when the chickens can no longer lay eggs. This kind of thing is almost like Tiandihui giving money to people for free.
As for raising sheep, there is no difficulty. Just cut some grass every day and let the children and elderly people at home let them graze during the day. If your family is short of manpower, you can just take it directly to the field when you go to the fields, or eat some weeds on the field ridges. Although the common people are suspicious, they are not stupid. After more than a year, they certainly know that Tiandihui is sincerely helping them to produce and increase their income. Therefore, most people have little sympathy for "losers" like Jiang Wu: the conditions are so good but they are screwed up.
Moreover, when he screwed up the loan the second time, the Tiandihui didn't arrest him, torture him, or directly take his wife away and sell it - in the past, it was only natural for creditors to do this, and no one could say otherwise. Tiandihui only gave him six months to pay off the principal and interest of the loan, otherwise he would be sued in court.
"Master Fu, please show your respect..." Jiang Wu's wife knelt on the ground and begged, "We are really desperate. If we continue like this, we won't be able to pay off the debt of Tiandihui, so we have to go out to work..."
"Nonsense! Once you leave, where will the leaders of the Tiandihui find you? What debts will you have to pay back? You just have bad intentions!" Fu Buer scolded.
Jiang Wu argued: "Mr. Fu, you are wise! Now we are renting a few acres of your garden land, working day and night, but after renting the rent, it is difficult to even have enough to eat... let alone the money to pay back the rent. It’s a debt to the Heaven and Earth Society…”
Fu Buyer's face suddenly lost his composure, and just as he was about to make a move, the Fu family's wife jumped up: "Okay, you two naughty girls! So it's ours that the tenants planted for you?! I didn't know which one it was at the beginning. You are so heartless that you want our master to be your guarantee? Oh my God..." As she said this, she sat down on the ground and cried. The scene became more and more lively.
In the middle of the noise, the stationed policeman also squeezed in:
"Don't look, don't look," he told everyone to disperse. "Go to the ground if you need to, and go home if you need to. Don't block everyone here!" Under his driving, some people dispersed. But there are still many people watching the fun.
When Fu Buer saw the stationed police arriving, he felt it was inconvenient to make any more noise, so he just said with a sullen face: "You don't want to rent my land, that's okay! But you can't just walk away like that! Let's clear the previous accounts first!"
The stationed policeman found out what happened and ordered Jiang Wu and his wife to go back first and not to leave the village without permission. According to the latest household registration management regulations: If Jiang Wu and his wife want to leave their village's household registration location for a long time to work elsewhere, they must register their destination and purpose in the village in advance and then receive a certificate.
They owed loans from Tiandihui and were originally classified as "key groups". Now I actually want to slip away. The police stationed in the "key population" monitoring report is very ugly. He couldn't help but scold Jiang Wu and his wife all the way home.
Fu Fu was always beside him, but said nothing. He has seen similar things many times. A large part of Fu Buer's family history has been based on small loan sharking. Relying on this, he seized the land of many families in the village, and even forced them to flee. Fu Fu had followed Fu Buer to demolish the wood and thatch of the fugitive's house in order to collect some interest.
However, after seeing that Tiandihui had issued small agricultural loans, Fu Buer no longer took out loans on his own - the loan conditions were far inferior to those of the Australians. What's more, after becoming the village chief, he has to worry about the popularity of the village. The reputation of usury and exploitation is always very unpleasant.
While he was watching, he suddenly saw Fu Yizhuang's figure flashing past in the crowd. Fu Fu's eyes lit up and he immediately followed him - when he was sent to Bo Pu to serve as a soldier, Fu Yizhuang not only threatened them with a big knife, but also beat and scolded them from time to time. He only gave them sweet potatoes to eat. Fu Yizhuang was squatting on the roadside to defecate and had no time to get up. Fu Yizhuang waited impatiently and kicked him completely into the feces... When he thought of this, the boy who died on the road due to diarrhea appeared in front of him again... Fu Fu suddenly felt evil and followed him quietly.
When Fu Fu had dinner last night, he learned that Fu Yousan's family had suffered a setback during the autumn tax collection last year. Most of the land was confiscated. Two strong men and three strong men went to the city to work as workers, leaving only one strong man and There are three talismans. Fu Yousan became a semi-madman, and no one paid attention to him. As soon as he was strong, he lived on fifty acres of land. The arrogance of Fu You's three families in the past was gone. Everyone in Fu Buer's family felt proud and proud. a! ~!
